RIO News: Analysis-Rio Tinto's real prize: Arcadium's lithium extraction technology - 10th Oct 2024, 4:04pm

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By Ernest Scheyder and Clara Denina

(Reuters) - Rio Tinto's $6.7 billion buyout of Arcadium will give it a suite of lithium filtration technologies that are poised to revolutionize how the metal is produced for the electronics and electric vehicle industries.

Arcadium's expertise in so-called direct lithium extraction (DLE) is the real prize for Rio, analysts said, and vaults it into contention with Eramet, Sunresin, Exxon Mobil and others aiming to make the technology commonplace in coming ye...

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